Reassessment notice quashed due to low income, lack of approval u/s 151.

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....The HC quashed the reassessment notice and consequential proceedings, holding that the reassessment action could not be sustained due to: (1) the alleged escaped income falling below the pecuniary threshold prescribed u/s 149(1)(b) as per the Supreme Court's ruling in Rajeev Bansal; and (2) the approval for reassessment not being granted by the competent authority u/s 151 after the introduction of the extended timelines by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021. The HC allowed the writ petition in favor of the assessee.....